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Legislation Week In Review XVI

Each week we share some of the news that comes across our desk about upcoming legislation.. In a quiet week we have stories from Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the country of Uganda. Pennsylvania – In Scranton, smoking outside the downtown bus station will soon be banned as The County of Lackawanna Transit System board voted to ban smoking outside the Lackawanna Transit Center at its meeting Tuesday via MassTransitMag https://www.masstransitmag.com/news/12209613/brief-colts-bans-smoking-outside-transit-center West Virginia – The West Virginia State […]

May 20, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

Illinois Moves One Step Closer To Raising Tobacco Age

Legislation that was defeated only a short while ago was put up for a vote a second time in the Illinois Senate yesterday. The measure which would raise the legal purchase age for tobacco and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21 was passed by a vote of 32-22-2. Despite falling 5 votes short in the past Sen. John Mulroe (D-Chicago), the bill’s sponsor, was able to get a second vote. In the second effort, he was […]

May 19, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Launches Compliance Webinars

The Center for Tobacco Products is offering a series of webinars to help industry understand a recently finalized rule extending the FDA’s authority to all tobacco products. Under the rule, which is often referred to as the “deeming rule,” the FDA’s authority covers products such as e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco, and pipe tobacco, among others. Some of the webinars are designed for specific audiences—tobacco retailers, vape shops, or manufacturers and importers, for example—to help them […]

May 18, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

Legislation Week In Review XV

Each week we share some of the news that comes across our desk about upcoming legislation.. This week we have stories from California, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. California – The Recreation and Parks Department in Santa Maria will take up the issue of smoking in parks in an upcoming meeting this July. In 2009 the city tried to ban smoking in parks but it was rejected via KEYT3 – https://www.keyt.com/news/Santa-Maria-Works-to-Revamp-Tobacco-Rules/39520978 Massachusetts – In Brockton, the […]

May 13, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

Illinois Shoots Down Proposal To Raise Smoking Age

First there was Hawaii, then there was California. Illinois will not make three, as the Illinois Senate voted against a measure to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21 in the state. The legislation which was sponsored by Democratic Senator John Mulroe of Chicago failed by a 23-25 vote. The measure was hotly debated with those against it providing the voice of reason that if you are old enough to join the military you should […]

May 12, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

IPCPR Launches Legislative Toolbox To Understand New Rules

Today the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) launched an FDA Toolbox on their newly designed Legislative Center. The FDA Toolbox serves as a resource to help you better understand, comply with, and combat the new FDA regulations whether you are a retailer, manufacturer, or consumer of premium tobacco products. The IPCPR encourages you to utilize the FDA Toolbox resource throughout the coming years as the FDA regulations are implemented. The web page will be […]

May 11, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Publishes Requirements To Calculate User Fees

Today, the FDA Regulations were official published beginning the countdown to FDA enforcement on August 8, 2016. Additionally they published “Requirements for the Submission of Data Needed To Calculate User Fees for Domestic Manufacturers and Importers of Cigars and Pipe Tobacco.” We have included that document here so you can get a headache reading it, just like us. 2016-10688 Requirements for Submission of User Fees

May 10, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

Legislation Week In Review XIV

Each week we share some of the news that comes across our desk about upcoming legislation.. This week we have stories from Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Australia Arizona – The Cottonwood City Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance 620 which raises the legal age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 via Verde Independent https://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1190&ArticleID=70318&TM=53485.63 Connecticut – The Meriden City Council voted 7-5 to ban […]

May 6, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

California Raises Tobacco Age To 21

While we intended to report on this first thing yesterday morning, the new FDA Regulations became news of the day. As we reported on March 10, 2016, the State Senate passed a series of bills that included raising the tobacco purchase age from 18 to 21-years-old. Those bills reached the Governor’s desk less than two weeks ago and today all but one were signed into the law. In addition to the raising of the tobacco purchase age, […]

May 6, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Regulations – The Text

The following was filed this morning at 8:45am and is expected to be published on May 10th, The result would be that these regulations would go into effect 90 days from the publishing date, unless an act of Congress provides an exemption.

May 5, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

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